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INNOVATE Reconciliation Action Plan INNOVATE RECONCILIATION ACTION PLAN MAY 2020 – MAY 2022 Poetic text gifted by Kaurna Elder Dr Uncle Lewis Yarluburka O’Brien and the Kaurna Warra Pintyanthi Language Committee1 Gifted to the Flinders University Reconciliation Action Plan from Arrernte Traditional Owners, on the occasion of Flinders University’s 50th anniversary. Alice Springs where the Flinders Poche Centre and Centre for Remote Health are located. Reciprocity of ideas and ‘two way’Yara learning that takes place in a shared place. Anyente-IrremeMoving together (aninte as one urrum) UtnengeSpirit of (utnunga) the land Purlirna kardlarnaWardlipari is the home riverngadluku in the Milky Way. Themiyurnaku stars are the fires of the yaintya people living there. tikkiarna. Gifted to the Flinders University Reconciliation Plan from the Kaurna Language Committee. Yurarlu yurakauwi trruku-ana Together Waatu in partnership Yurakauwi padninthithe rainbow serpent goes Wardlipari. into the dark spots in the Milky Way. NguyanguyaReconciliation muri Ngaiyirda karralikaWhen the outer world kawingka and the sky connect withtikainga the water the two yara become one. kumarninthi. PirrkuMessage, story 1 Gift of Words video: https://www.flinders.edu.au/about/indigenous-commitment page 2 page 3 Message from Reconciliation Australia Acknowledgment of Country Reconciliation Australia is delighted to welcome Flinders University to the Reconciliation Action Plan Flinders University was established on the lands of the (RAP) program by formally endorsing its inaugural Innovate RAP. Kaurna nation, with the first University campus, Bedford As a member of the RAP community, Flinders University joins over 1,000 dedicated corporate, Park, located on the ancestral body of Ngannu near government, and not-for-profit organisations that have formally committed to reconciliation Warriparinga. Warriparinga is a significant site in the through the RAP program since its inception in 2006. RAP organisations across Australia are complex and multi-layered Dreaming of the Kaurna turning good intentions into positive actions, helping to build higher trust, lower prejudice, and ancestor, Tjilbruke. For the Kaurna nation, Tjilbruke was a pride in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures. keeper of the fire and a peace maker/law maker. Tjilbruke is part of the living culture and traditions of the Kaurna Reconciliation is no one single issue or agenda. Based on international research and people. His spirit lives in the Land and Waters, in the benchmarking, Reconciliation Australia defines and measures reconciliation through five Kaurna people and in the glossy ibis (known as Tjilbruke critical dimensions: race relations; equality and equity, institutional integrity; unity; and historical for the Kaurna). Through Tjilbruke, the Kaurna people acceptance. All sections of the community—governments, civil society, the private sector, continue their creative relationship with their Country, its and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities—have a role to play to progress these spirituality and its stories. dimensions. Flinders University acknowledges the Traditional Owners The RAP program provides a framework for organisations to advance reconciliation within and Custodians, both past and present, of the various their spheres of influence. This Innovate RAP provides Flinders University with the key steps locations the University operates on, and recognises their to establish its own unique approach to reconciliation. Through implementing an Innovate continued relationship and responsibility to these Lands RAP, Flinders University will develop its approach to driving reconciliation through its business and waters. activities, services and programs, and develop mutually beneficial relationships with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander stakeholders. We wish Flinders University well as it explores and establishes its own unique approach to reconciliation. We encourage you to embrace this journey with open hearts and minds, to grow from the challenges, and to build on its successes. As the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation reminded the nation in its final report: “Reconciliation is hard work—it’s a long, winding and corrugated road, not a broad, paved highway. Determination and effort at all levels of government and in all sections of the community will be essential to make reconciliation a reality.” On behalf of Reconciliation Australia, I commend Flinders University on its first RAP, and look forward to following its ongoing reconciliation journey. Karen Mundine Chief Executive Officer Reconciliation Australia page 4 page 5 Flinders University’s collective vision is to Our Business Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander staff are foster an environment that recognises and predominantly in the College of Medicine and Public Core business embraces Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (including the Poche Centre for Indigenous Health) peoples, knowledges and cultures. This vision Established in 1966, Flinders University was named the Office of Indigenous Strategy and Engagement, and for reconciliation is grounded in the concepts after the European navigator Captain Matthew the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Science. of togetherness, reciprocity, and respect. Flinders who, as part of the 1801-1803 Investigator The Enterprise Agreement 2019-2022 states at section Voyage circumnavigated Australia (Sydney to Sydney) 11.2 that the University “will use its best endeavours to Achieving this vision for reconciliation accompanied by Kuring-gai man Bungaree from 1802- achieve, by the nominal expiry date of the Agreement requires courage, generosity, integrity 1803. (30 June 2022) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and truth-telling. Flinders University Undergraduate, postgraduate and research training employment of 3% of full-time equivalent University staff at recognises that Indigenous2 people are courses are offered across six Colleges and online for the date of operation of the Agreement”7. the descendants of the first peoples of the some 26,000 students. The University has more than Lands and Waters of Australia and have 5,000 international students from more than 90 countries. occupied, enjoyed, utilised and managed Geographic Footprint Bedford Park campus has on-site accommodation for 500 these Lands and Waters since time Since inception Flinders University has expanded its students. immemorial.3 footprint and operates on the Traditional Lands and waters Research strengths include biomedical and clinical We respect and recognise the long-held of the Arrernte, Boandik, Erawirung, Jawoyn, Kaurna, sciences, culture, policy and society, health and human philosophies, knowledges, research, Larrakia, Ngarrindjeri, Ngadjuri, Peramangk, Ramindjeri, behaviour, molecular science and technology, defence, strengths and contributions of Aboriginal Warumungu and Yolngu peoples. engineering, and water and environment. In the latest and Torres Strait Islander communities in Excellence in Research Australia assessment 90% of Flinders University has three Adelaide campuses at this country. As a University community we Flinders University’s research has been rated world Bedford Park, Tonsley and Victoria Square with a regional commit to reconciliation as part of everyday standard or above4. footprint spanning Burra, Renmark, Mount Gambier, practice and acknowledge the vital role Murray Bridge, Nuriootpa and Victor Harbor in South it can play in building understanding and Flinders has a strong focus on rural and remote area Australia to Alice Springs, Darwin, Katherine, Nhulunbuy acceptance of our shared histories, as we education, in Central Australia and the Top End in the and Tennant Creek in the Northern Territory. The University work towards a shared future. Northern Territory and Flinders Rural Health South also delivers its programs online and these students may Australia which operates in the centre and east of South This Innovate Reconciliation Action Plan be located in any State or Territory of Australia. Australia. Internationally, Flinders jointly provides courses (RAP) is part of Flinders University’s with leading universities in China, Hong Kong SAR, ongoing work to increase Aboriginal Sphere of Influence Malaysia, and Singapore. and Torres Strait Islander community As a globally connected public institution of higher participation, retention and success learning, Flinders University recognises its role in in higher education and commits to Education (students) and Employment (staff) the community to lead by example and commits to celebrating Indigenous success and self- The University’s Strategic Plan’s Pillar ‘Engagement and communicating and championing the vision and actions of determination. Impact’ commits Flinders to “engage with Indigenous this Innovate RAP through our many and varied networks, This is a whole-of-University responsibility. Australians, students, staff and the community to respect including: Indigenous knowledge systems and perspectives, and to progress Indigenous advancement in education, research, • University Council; employment and wellbeing.” The University is committed to • Senior Executive; education, health and wellbeing in the Northern Territory, John Bulunbulun (Ganalbingu, Australian) • Academic and Professional staff; born 1946, Maningrida, Central Arnhem Land, and other regional, rural and remote communities. Northern Territory • Industry Partners; died 2010, Darwin, Northern Territory 5 In 2018 (the latest full year data) the University enrolled
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